Cap Graham 4,294 TEU

Hamburg Süd has christened a container ship in Chile, the ceremony took place in Valparaiso on 9 January 2009.

Hamburg Süd has christened a container ship in Chile, the ceremony took place in Valparaiso on 9 January 2009.

For the first time in its more than 137-year history, Hamburg Süd has christened a container ship in Chile, the ceremony took place in Valparaiso on 9 January 2009.

The "Cap Graham" is one of a series of three identical 4,294 TEU charter vessels of Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt. Together with her two sister ships, the "Cap Gilbert" and "Cap Gregory", as well as Hamburg Süd's "Bahia" class vessels, the "Cap Graham" is sailing in Sling 1 of the Hamburg Süd liner service between Asia and South America West Coast.

Sponsor of the "Cap Graham" was Elizabeth McPherson Cisternas, Corporate Executive Vice President Logistics and Marketing Services for Codelco Chile, the largest producer and exporter of copper worldwide.